During lightning, you are safer inside a house than under a tree. Why?
When we stand under a tree, we provide an easy path for the lighting to pass through our body. But when we are in the house, discharge due to lighting may be conduced to the ground through iron pipes/wall etc. Therefore, we are safer.
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